title: Oxidative metabolism of diethylstilbestrol by prostaglandin synthetase.
abstract: The cooxidative metabolism of the transplacental carcinogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES), was examined using ram seminal vesicle microsomes. The major extractable metabolite was beta-dienestrol (Z,Z-DIES) and represented about 35% of the added DES in 3-min incubations supplemented with arachidonic acid. Its formation was dependent upon the presence of arachidonic acid, whereas reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate failed to elicit Z,Z-DIES above background. Indomethacin and 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, known inhibitors of prostaglandin synthetase, blocked Z,Z-DIES formation, probably by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase and the hydroperoxidase activities, respectively. Hydrogen peroxide and 15-hydroperoxyarachidonic acid (cosubstrates of the prostaglandin synthetase-hydroperoxidase), when replacing arachidonic acid in incubations, also supported oxidative metabolism of DES catalyzed by ram seminal vesicle microsomes. 1-Phenyl-3-pyrazolidone, but not indomethacin, inhibited the 15-hydroxyperoxyarachidonic acid-dependent formation of Z,Z-DIES. Incubation conditions which supported efficient Z,Z-DIES formation also resulted in the formation of 3,3-di(p-hydroxyphenyl)hexan-4-one and the cis-isomer of DES as well as nonextractable, protein-associated radioactivity indicating the presence of reactive intermediates. The implications of the peroxidative metabolism of DES for its toxic activity are obvious.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004028:Dienestrol / Q000032:analysis; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D004028:Dienestrol